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Amici Thomae MoriThe Friends of Thomas More, linked with the Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas (see below) which edits and issues its learned review, Moreana, but serving a more general audience with its events and newsletter, the Gazette Thomas More.Catholic Encyclopedia of 1917 Useful introduction to the stories of the Catholic martyrs, but without critical treatment and with a non-ecumenical spirit from times prior to the Second Vatican Council

Catholic League (UK)An ecumenical society promoting the Catholic ecumenical movement and the corporate reintegration and reunion of all Christians in communion with the apostolic see of Rome. For many years, the League has been promoting reparation for the sins of the disunity of the Church in England and the historical mutual martyrdoms, as well as reconciliation and healing of memories.Center for Thomas More StudiesAt the University of Dallas, Texas

Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies Based at the University of Birmingham. There is a superb links and online resources page. Congregation for the Causes of Saints The Vatican department charged with the process and history of establishing the veneration of the Saints, the Blessed and the Servants of God.Hagiography CircleThe Hagiography Circle is a body of young scholars bound by a common interest in “re-telling” the lives of contemporary models of holiness who, within the past seven years, have dedicated some of their time to reading, translating, and reflecting on biographies sent in by promoters of beatification and canonization causes.

Hagiography Society of America The Hagiography Society was founded in North America in 1990 to promote communication among scholars in various disciplines whose research involves the study of early Christian or medieval saints' legends.

Tyburn Convent The shrine to all the Catholic martyrs of the Reformation period near Hyde Park in London. The Benedictine community has been concerned to ensure that the commemoration of these martyrs also takes into account the whole history of the Church in England and remembers with sorrow, yet with hope for unity, those Christians who were Anglicans and Protestants who also lost their lives in faithfulness to Christ.Wikipedia Ample information on the life of many of the martyrs mentioned on this site

St Oliver Plunkett

The Catholic archbishop of Armagh in Ireland, St Oliver was the last. He was hanged, drawn and quartered on conviction for high treason, at Tyburn on 1 July 1681.

Thomas Bilney

A Catholic priest, promoting Church reform (above), Bilney was the first of the martyrs to die in London in 1531. He was burned on a charge of heresy at Billingsgate, 19 August 1531, partly owing to his association with more radical thinkers, among them Hugh Latimer, who regarded him as a mentor.